Cup and Saucer with Harbor Scenes

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, Meissen, Germany, founded 1710ca. 1740

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Eight lobed curved cup and saucer. Eared scroll handle. “Gotzkowsky erhabene Blumen” relief pattern. Polychrome overglaze decoration showing figures from the Commedia dell’arte. Diapered gold band.

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Title: Cup and Saucer with Harbor Scenes
Creator: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, Meissen, Germany, founded 1710
Date Created: ca. 1740
Location Created: Germany
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
Medium: porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
Credit line: Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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